Constituency
21. Jamkhandi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-JAMKHANDI
BJP 54.9%won by 18.0%INC 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.9% to 18.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,09,245
Margin
19,690
18.02%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1KULKARNI SHRIKANTHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP59,93054.9%
- 2SIDDU. B.NYAMAGOUDAIndian National Congress · INC40,24036.8%
- 3UPADDYA PARSHWANATHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6422.4%
- 4RAMESH KALLAPPA NAIKJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS2,2742.1%
- 5BODALI PANDIT SHIVAPPAIndependent · IND1,9881.8%
- 6SHIRAGUPPI SADASHIVRAHS · RAHS1,1221.0%
- 7NANAJAGI SURESHSamajwadi Party · SP1,0491.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −5.8%
- BJP share
- 52.4% → 54.9%
- INC share
- 28.6% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- — → —